Post by explorer88 on Aug 29, 2018 18:14:54 GMT -5

Very surprising commitment given our lack of scholarships. Not one of the higher end guys we had hoped for but Malik Wayans was complaining the Philly schools were not recruiting him hard. He loves the kid.

Post by explorer88 on Aug 29, 2018 20:15:43 GMT -5

Have to let Ash build his team. We wanted him to be our coach and we owe it to him to trust his judgement. There are many intangiblesYou need to build a winning program. This kid does a lot on the court to win games from what I have read.

Post by nealum on Aug 29, 2018 20:27:14 GMT -5

To the two posts above, my review "smacks of the facts". If our top targets were Seth Lundy, Donta Scott, Naheen McLeod and Zac Crisler, provide readers with some facts as to why this signing excites you instead of one of the 4 top targets. The scouting report on Ray at The City of Basketball Love says the following: " A physical wing - Ray is stuck somewhere between positions - he doesn't quite have the guard skills/mobility of a shooting guard or the typical length /attacking skills of a wing".

Post by calsufan on Aug 29, 2018 20:30:44 GMT -5

While we all aspire to La Salle signing nothing but 4 star recruits, how many have we actually signed over the years? Shoot for the stars, but if a scrappy player with the right attitude and a winning background wants to sign with us then why not go for it?

Post by stlexplorer on Aug 29, 2018 20:34:40 GMT -5

I'm just gonna say Howard has a feel on this one. His first recruit is gonna mean something to him and reading that COBL article it sounds like he pulled out all the stops to make it known to Christian that he wanted him here. I'm willing to go pure fanboy and get excited about him and trust in Ash. Welcome Christian!

Post by stlexplorer on Aug 29, 2018 20:36:18 GMT -5

As he grows I think he has the makings size wise of being a matchup nightmare. Maybe this is a recruitment of a guy looking forward to his sophomore/junior years. Get him in the weight room and working with the staff for a year or two and who knows

Post by MisterD on Aug 29, 2018 20:45:55 GMT -5

To the two posts above, my review "smacks of the facts". If our top targets were Seth Lundy, Donta Scott, Naheen McLeod and Zac Crisler, provide readers with some facts as to why this signing excites you instead of one of the 4 top targets.

So we're going to do the same dumb shit we did with Giannini, huh?

Step 1: Get linked to a top 100-ish kid.Step 2a: Sign someone else, we totally blew it because we would have had that other kid!!!Step 2b: Don't sign someone else, top 100-ish kid signs at the major level, why the hell did we hold a spot for a longshot we knew wouldn't come anyway???

Post by diehardexplorer on Aug 29, 2018 21:11:49 GMT -5

gut feeling tells me that ash will sign three kids in the early signing period despite tehnically only having two to give. these things have a way of working themselves out.

thought hart or knox would be the wing recruit to commit but the staff ended up taking ray. based on the cobl article, they had been keeping close tabs on him for a long time so this isn't even remotely close to a desperation move.

hoping for two more early commits by late october with one coming from a big man and the other from either their #1 priority donta scott or one of the very good point guards they're recruiting.

nealum, here's a fact for you. ash has forgotten more about basketball than you've ever known. i'll trust his judgement on this one.

Post by nealum on Aug 30, 2018 8:23:49 GMT -5

I think its great that others have posted opinions and facts different than mine on this recruit. When we post well intentioned opinions along with facts, it educates the other members of the board and increases our knowledge of the LaSalle program. But when we insult others just because they have a difference of opinion or we just don't like the facts they present, as diehardexplorer has done to me in his post above, it diminishes the quality of the board and the credibility of the person making the insult.

Post by JoeFedorowicz on Aug 30, 2018 8:26:35 GMT -5

I think its great that others have posted opinions and facts different than mine on this recruit. When we post well intentioned opinions along with facts, it educates the other members of the board and increases our knowledge of the LaSalle program. But when we insult others just because they have a difference of opinion or we just don't like the facts they present, as diehardexplorer has done to me in his post above, it diminishes the quality of the board and the credibility of the person making the insult.

Publicly admonishing both a new coach and a high school student who just made the biggest decision of his life diminishes the quality of the board.

You have no idea the thinking behind anything that goes on with recruiting.